No Reporter
next week
The Reporter will not be published next week due to the Thanksgiving
holiday. Regular publication will resume on Nov. 29.
UB
installs phone line for closing information
The university has installed a new telephone service to provide information
when office hours and class schedules will be altered as the result
of inclement weather or for other reasons.
The information
will be available at 645-NEWS to students, faculty and staff, as well
as the public, 24 hours a day. There never will be a busy signal since
the line has the capacity to handle an unlimited number of calls simultaneously.
The standard
recorded message will be "Offices are open and classes are being held
as scheduled today at the University at Buffalo." The message will be
changed appropriately as soon as university officials decide to alter
office hours and class schedules due to weather conditions or other
situations.
Messiah
"sing-in" set for Slee Hall
Ever want to sing the Hallelujah chorus somewhere other than in the
shower?
You'll
have your chance on Dec. 4 when the UB Choir, UB Chorus and UB Symphony
Orchestra invite members of the campus community to join them in an
hour-long "sing-in" of selected portions of Handel's Messiah.
The sing-inthe
Department of Music's Brown Bag Lunchtime event for Decemberwill take
place at 12:05 p.m. in Slee Concert Hall, North Campus.
Produced
by student intern John Orluk under the counsel of Philip Rehard, concert
manager, the program will include a pre-concert lecture by Christopher
Gibbs, assistant professor of music, at 11:30 a.m. The sing-in will
follow at 12:05 p.m., under the direction of Magnus Märtensson,
conductor of the UB Symphony, and Harold Rosenbaum, director of the
UB Choir and Chorus who also conducts an annual Messiah sing-in in Avery
Fisher Hall in New York City. The program also will feature vocal soloists
Mary Lou Vetere, Carolyn Unitas-Roos and Robert Lee.
Musical
scores will be provided to concert-goers, who will be seated in the
audience among the almost 200 members of the UB Choir and Chorus, according
to voice part.
Punch and
cookies, along with a pair of complementary tickets to a more formal
concert the following month, will be offered to each patron at a reception
to be held after the concert at 1 p.m. in the Slee Hall Lobby.
Syllabi
to be topic of teaching workshop
Gayle Brazeau, associate dean for academic affairs in the School of
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, will conduct a workshop on "Developing
an Effective Course Syllabus" from 1-2:30 p.m. Nov. 30 in 322 Clemens
Hall, North Campus.
The workshop
will be sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning Resources.
During
the workshop, Brazeau will discuss key elements and components of course
syllabi that focus on student learning. The discussion and interactive
period will allow participants the opportunity to review and revise
current course syllabi or to start the process of developing one for
a new course.
Participants
are asked to bring either an existing course syllabus or information
related to developing a syllabus for a new course.
The workshop
is free of charge and open to any instructor at UB. However, reservations
are required, and must be made by Wednesday by contacting Jeannette
Molina, assistant vice provost and associate director of the Office
of Teaching and Learning Resources, at 645-7788, or jmolina@buffalo.edu.
Applicants
for King scholarship sought
Applicants are being sought for the Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship
Award, established by the Minority Faculty and Staff Association to
honor a junior or senior who demonstrates high academic standards and
leadership ability, and who exemplifies a personal character that advances
the spirit and philosophy of King.
The $1,000
annual award is supported by Kenneth Gayles, clinical assistant professor
of medicine, local cardiologist and UB graduate, in honor of his late
mother, Lula Gayles.
To be eligible
for the scholarship, applicants must be underrepresented persons of
color, full-time juniors or seniors at UB, possess at least a 3.3 grade-point
average and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
Applications
are due in 208 Norton Hall, North Campus, by 5 p.m. Jan. 18, 2002.
For more
information, contact Roland Garrow or Denise Hood at 645-3072, or Kevin
Ragland at 882-2400.
WBFO
raises record amount
WBFO 88.7 FM, the National Public Radio affiliate operated by UB, raised
a record $176,000 during its recently concluded Fall Membership Drive.
More than
800 listeners became new members during the fund drive, which was held
Oct. 18-25another record for the station, according to Joan Wilson,
director of development for WBFO.
Of the
money pledged, nearly $25,000 was received via 284 online donations.
"We're
grateful and honored that so many listenersincluding many of our UB
colleaguescare enough about WBFO to support the station financially,"
said Jennifer Roth, WBFO general manager.
"Revenue
obtained through fund raising comprises 57 percent of WBFO's operating
budget," Roth said, "with membership contributions making up 39 percent
and local business contributions 18 percent."
"Asia
at Noon" to look at China from historical, economic views
"Asia at Noon," the brown-bag series of lectures and discussions that
looks at research on Asia, will present two programs this month that
look at China from historical and economic perspectives.
The programs
will be held at noon in 280 Park Hall, North Campus. They are free of
charge and open to the public.
Tomorrow,
Paul Zarembka, professor of economics, will present a lecture titled,
"Reflections on Marxism in China."
Zarembka
is the editor of "Research in Political Economy," an annual yearbook
on Marxist theory and empirical work published in the Netherlands. He
has published books on economic development, econometrics and modern
capital theory. This year, he participated in a conference in Kunming,
China, on the theme of Marxism in 2001. This parlay was comprised of
30 scholars from China and 15 from Europe, the Middle East and the United
States, all of whom addressed the current state of Marxist theory and
practice.
The Nov.
30 program will feature a lecture by Mark Selden, a widely recognized
authority in the revisionist history of Asia, titled "Reflections on
the Nanking Massacre."
His visit
is co-sponsored by the Asian Studies Program and the Department of History.
At 3 p.m. that day, Selden will be a featured speaker in the history
department's colloquium series.
That lecture
is titled, "The United States, Japan and the Noncombatant in Twentieth-Century
Wars in Asia: Reflections on Responsibility, Reparations and Reconciliation."
This event, free of charge and open to the public, will take place in
532 Park Hall, North Campus.
Selden
holds a joint appointment in history and sociology at Binghamton University
and is a professorial associate of the East Asian Program at Cornell
University. He has published widely in the fields of Chinese rural revolution
and rural development, Southeast Asian society and politics, and U.S.-Japanese
relations and historical memory.
Theatre
and Dance to showcase dancers
The Department of Theatre and Dance will showcase the department's multi-talented
dancers during performances of the Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble Nov.
29-Dec. 2 in the Black Box Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North
Campus.
Performance
times are 8 p.m. Nov. 29-Dec. 1, and 2 p.m. on Dec. 2.
Zodiaque
Studio Dance Ensemble, comprised of 17 UB students, is directed by Joyce
M. Lichtenberger.
The performance
will present the students in a variety of dance styles. The mixed repertory
program will include music ranging from up-tempo to ballads. The choreographers
are faculty members in the Department of Theatre and Dance.
Tickets
for Zodiaque Studio Dance Ensemble are $5 and may be purchased in the
Center for the Arts box office from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday,
and at all Ticketmaster locations. For more information, call 645-ARTS.
CAS
to offer $1,000 grad scholarships
The College of Arts and Sciences will offer $1,000 tuition scholarships
to seniors graduating from any program at UB who enroll for a minimum
of 12 graduate hours per semester for two consecutive semesters in a
department or program within the CAS.
The scholarships
entail no work obligation, are available only to UB graduates and may
not be applied to graduate programs outside the CAS.
The scholarships
are for one academic year and will be paid out in two installments of
$500 in the Fall 2002 and Spring 2003 semesters. Funding for the awards
is limited and students are encouraged to apply as early as possible.
The deadline for receipt of all applications is July 1, 2002.
Those interested
can find an application form and eligibility criteria on the CAS Scholarship
Web site at http://wings.buffalo.edu/cas/dean/casscholarships.html.
The applicant must download the application form, sign it and send it
to the graduate program to which he or she is applying. Once formally
admitted to the program, the department will forward a copy of the applicant's
signed scholarship acceptance letter to the CAS Dean's Office. The award
confirmation letter will be mailed directly to the student.
For more
information, contact Joseph Syracuse, CAS enrollment manager, at 645-2711.
Four
students receive awards from Buffalo booster group
Four honors students are becoming big Buffalo boosters as recipients
of 43x79 Build Buffalo Scholarships that include internships and mentoring
opportunities with local business leaders.
Freshmen
Benjamin Freer and Kari Mergenhagen were selected as this year's winners
for the four-year scholarship, following in the footsteps of the first
recipientsJulie Mann and Vikas Dua.
Mann, a
sophomore, interned this summer in marketing services at The Buffalo
News and plans to return for future internships after a semester
abroad in Spain, a part of her studies as a double major in Spanish
and English.
Dua, also
a sophomore, is majoring in computer engineering and found his internship
with BioEconomy Partners a "mentoring experience that has me believing
we can rebuild the Western New York economy." He said he gained hands-on
experience in Web design, database manipulation, networking and online
newsletters, in addition to observing the company CEO on a daily basis.
Howard
Zemsky, a managing partner of Taurus Partners LLC and chair of the 43x79
Foundation Committee, said the scholarship winners "have the potential
to become our future business and community leaders.
"As our
leading local university, UB is central to economic development efforts
for this region, and while we knew we couldn't afford to support hundreds
of students, we felt that offering scholarship and internship opportunities
for several outstanding local students could provide the critical mass
needed to make professional and educational opportunities available
for dozens more," he added.
Created
with an initial gift of $48,000 from the 43x79 Group and matched by
a $40,000 pledge from prominent business executive Frank McGuire, the
scholarship program will sponsor each student for four years, while
adding two new students a year.
The 43x79
Group, named after Buffalo's latitude and longitude, is comprised of
local business leaders who believe they have a civic obligation to support
the region and its economic growth.
The scholarship
gift is part of UB's $250 million campaign.
Those wishing
to donate to the 43x79 Build Buffalo Scholarship fund should contact
Margaret Phillips at 645-6000, ext. 1178, or mcp2@buffalo.edu.